Results 39,361-39,380 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Departmental Expenditure (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach the amounts paid month on month since march 2011 on photography in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3597/12]
- Departmental Expenditure (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach looked resplendent in all the photographs. My compliments to the photographer. I sought specific information and the answer speaks for itself.
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: Family-friendly hours. It is St. Valentine's Day all right. The Government is really up for it.
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: Would the Taoiseach outline to the House the legislative requirements that will be in order to implement the various commitments in the employment action plan, specifically, when the credit guarantee scheme Bill required will be published, and also whether the abolition of county and city enterprise boards will necessitate legislation and when we can expect that legislation to be brought...
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: This has been announced for approximately a year. Eight or ten weeks means one is looking at six months before this will be activated. It seems incredible that an operator has been identified but the House has not even had wind of anything. Also, the Minister might comment on the enterprise boards.
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: What of the country enterprise boards?
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: Will there be legislation to abolish the existing boards?
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: As Members are aware, 256 residents, involving approximately 64 families, were compelled last October to leave their homes in Priory Hall in Donaghmede following a High Court order relating to fire safety. For the past four months, those residents have essentially been homeless. We have read about the developer being before the courts, receiving fines and suspended prison sentences and...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: It can be done because where there is a will there is a way. A number of scenarios have been suggested but hiding behind the courts will not resolve this. A huge amount of money has been already spent on temporary accommodation. The authorities have statutory duties and obligations. Will the Government intervene to resolve this unacceptable situation on compassionate and humanitarian...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: Sympathy, and outrage at the developer, are no longer good enough. The residents' clear view is that their plight is not the overriding priority of Government or of the institutions of the State, be they local or national. There is no sense of that among the residents who feel they have been abandoned by the institutions of the State. It is accepted, of course, that the developer has...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has asked us for solutions. Senator Averil Power spoke to the residents at last week's meeting. She told me that in Belmaine and Clongriffin there are currently many empty NAMA houses in estates. Surely some creative thinking can go into this whereby people could work with the city council, NAMA and others to do the humanitarian thing. This is an exceptional situation. I...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: We all agree about the appalling way they have been dealt with, but they need more than sympathy. We need intervention and action to deal with an exceptional situation. If people put their heads together they could bring about a resolution that would be satisfactory to the residents. It would also meet with the approval of people across the country.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: The courts are not dealing with the core issue.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: There comes a time when a solution has to be brought forward and the courts will not do it.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: Yesterday's plan was all done before the Taoiseach got into office.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: It will cover ten years.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Government also got rid of the volcanic ash, in fairness.
- Constitutional Amendments (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the political representatives from the Northern Assembly to whom he has written in relation to the promised constitutional review; if they will be given a formal role in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3294/12]
- Constitutional Amendments (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the way he plans to involve a representative range of political and community views from the North of Ireland in the upcoming constitutional review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3295/12]
- Constitutional Amendments (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he intends to consult other parties or outside organisations in advance of presenting a formal proposal for the constitutional convention. [6192/12]